Marked Path

About Marked Path

Marked Path, Action modifier, designed by Harold Arthur McNeill, Joe Slucher first released in October 1996 in the set Sabbat and was printed exactly in 5 different ways.

Marked Path is best in a dedicated stealth-bleed or stealth-action deck—especially an OBF deck that repeatedly directs actions at the same prey—because it can be set up after one successful action and later provide free +1 or +2 stealth without requiring another stealth card or blood. However, it is usually worse than direct stealth modifiers such as Lost in Crowds: Lost in Crowds provides the same +2 stealth at superior OBF immediately, works against any target, and does not require a previous successful action. Marked Path can improve card economy in a deck that routinely repeats actions against one Methuselah, but it is conditional, telegraphed, vulnerable to changing targets, and does nothing if the initial action fails; therefore it should generally not see play in standard stealth decks, though one or two copies may be reasonable in a highly focused, card-starved deck built around repeatedly bleeding the same prey.